Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-01


only merely intelligent. ba, they are "up
10 the timts,' we'll educated. their par.
lor fitted with Libraries and musical In.
stfuments. their soas and daughters at
tending colleges and semiasriss. Schools
and churches do, the land thiekly. They
dre.s well, drive coed teams. and the
leanest Yankee ought TO grow fsi At their
tables. Th. writer expects TO weigh two
hundred or 90 II be can induce them 70
keep ri,h, or boarding him At pfesen,
rates. lf there Is one who can appreciate
good fare a, the table !, Is the epieurs
~ho pens these liaes. lie. 10 hi, travels
ar,usd the world. OF part ofii A,le.s'.
la. had varied experience Ia this line.
How vividly be remembers one water In
the year Is. Business called him to
make als Abiding.plaee away up north in
ore Of the New Eogllnd States. a, one
of iho.e structures immofialirsd by the
Easlish pJe, sAens,one. in which be
.psak. Of warmest welcomes aud other
good thing, Oar msnH iha, winter Vas
90 simple will give IL entire for dinner.
empty dishes; for supper. cold room
for breakfast, both. aud though the price
paid for these considerations Was rather
above the average rate elsewhere dsmsrd'
,i. ye, our ho,, oiien declared be expect.
ed 10 ''be on the ,)wn. the time, we're 90
damned hard"
I wish | had the time aud you the
sp.ee-bo,L ate pr,ciou'-,o take up
and portray =, length the experience and
.uecs. Of some one Of these farmers. typ
ie.l Of the large majority Who make their
home in this msgnlheen, county. Al
the risk Of v,rbO.iiy will briefly speak
Of one farm. ., the home OF the owner OF
which have been q guest. His farm
contains i0J acres. and. as the old ed.
v.r,i.emenis say, is suitably divided into
,illlse, grs,ins and pasture land. The
fields, aud they are numerous, are fenced
With stone and rails. Ills wood.lo, aud
.ugar.oiehsri |, free from underbrush.
reminding one Of an Rnglish park on
small scale. The surface Is "rollins
level. exeep, on III. western side where
there /. a smart d,elivi,y In the pasture.
lie has bulldogs enough for small VIII
l.gs-by actual eoun, there are nineteen
In all, counting eorn-eribs. etc. Ills held
Of corn. eish, acres ,hi. 'ea'on. Was
foe sigh, TO look upon. frOm IL TO 20
COW, ~. annually MIXED. ,hs milk each
morning going TO the cheese factory.
The milk al nish, !, placed Ia cans
which are immersed in water. thus ne.
ee..i,.,ips bat one trip daily TO the
factory. Three horse. do the work. ani
sheep. young cattle and swine are grown.
OF eoars the droaih u the pas, two sea
500. has affected this in common with
al other farms Ia the State. though the
laktsAorc country does no; show the de-
gree of suffering visible In the Interior.
The original farm contained so Aerss-
al land being surveyed into iO'. sos.
1905, And GiO,. whole .sc,ioas. halves
.ni quarters. and still lesser divisions.
ba, SONS years ago With true Yankee
Instinct. be longed for an adjiesn, pi-es
on which there va. 'pfing aud ,hfoa.h
which ran q brook. 30 the y acres 10
the piece wers added. The 'prins u
no, q mineral one: no hydfo-'ulPhar'
cited. earbona,ed. .ilieoniEsd affair !, 10
q ,pfing Of ws,sr-eolI. pure water
simply. Oa the SUNNI, OF the hill from
the base Of which !, gu.hes fcr,h. !
whilsd away lovely October afternoon
bulldog AIR castles aud rolling little
boaldsr down the ineline. one OF the
"e..,le." | erected was. II owned the
farm | would build real stone castle
over the spring with an iron fence around;
over the open gate ! would pain, IN let
,sr Of gold some iareifal name Tor the
crystal water tha, comes forth with
never falling a,v; aud by the sn,rssee
leading TO I, from the highway near by,
would place biz indsx pointing IN ii'
direction with the inscription legiely en-.
blszonsd: "Ho every one that ,hir.'e,h!
her. freely qusff Of yOn sparkling water;
here res, I'LL Thy strength Is srensved ;
then go thy way Ia peace" The interior
Of the large. ho.pi,abls. modern'buil, and
costly. ,a.,ily. ys.. elegantly furnished
dwelling i. in keeping with the external
appearance Of the premises. and 'e'''iiss
10 the .kill aud care Of the good house,
wife TO whom should be aseribed an
equal share With the lord and master OF
90 much that |, worthy Of praise. They
came from New Rnslsnd when young
they ATE no, very sssd ro~-he worked
q, some trade fof q few years, she
taush, school then they joined hearts
and hand. and now enjoy the well-earn.
ed fruits Of honest toll. DO no, ihink
sIo0 per acre would temp, ,hsm to cell
their home and i,s appar,ensnees.
The other evening ] saw the Wis
con,ia sunset. You have read OF lial.
ian sunsets. suppose there Is more
tone in ,hem-more nlecaroni. more
l.zr.roni. more bsndii,i. more squalor
and rag, and ,hrif,lessDess and shift
le.nss,. These ,hings were wanting
on the occasion I refer TO. Bu, for
setting to make the picture-no. the
reality complete. there were on the north,
the ea, and the south three TO five
mile panoramic view Of hill and dale all
in q high state Of cultivation; perhaps
one hundred farm houses within the
visions rangt; the tower OF . church
looming up on the plain yOndsr. and the
spire Of another in the vale nearer at
hand, elsa,ing the sky; on the summit
OF the hill where l MAS viewing the scene
was the dis,ric, school house built In the
Queen Anne s,ye Ai cost OF some
100000. while At the base to the right